| New report: The reach and impact of mathematical sciences Jan 10th 2013, 16:17 The Mathematical Sciences in 2025, a new report from the U.S. National Research Council, finds that the mathematical sciences are an increasingly integral component of many disciplines -- including biology, medicine, the social sciences, business, advanced design, and climate studies. |  | Machine perception lab shows robotic one year old on video Jan 9th 2013, 23:56 The world is getting a long-awaited first glimpse at a new humanoid robot in action mimicking the expressions of a one-year-old child. The robot will be used in studies on sensory-motor and social development – how babies "learn" to control their bodies and to interact with other people. | | Study examines how news spreads on Twitter Jan 9th 2013, 20:11 A study of the Twitter activity of 12 major news agencies shows varying levels of success for the social network as a news-sharing tool, based on factors like article lifespan and number of retweets. | | Finding Chicago's food gardens with Google Earth Jan 3rd 2013, 20:15 Urban agriculture is promoted as a strategy for dealing with food insecurity, stimulating economic development, and combating diet-related health problems in cities. However, up to now, no one has known how much gardening is taking place in urban areas. Researchers have developed a methodology that they used to quantify the urban agriculture in Chicago. | | New dynamic dual-core optical fiber enhances data routes on information superhighway Dec 19th 2012, 18:34 Optical fibers -- the backbone of the Internet -- carry movies, messages, and music at the speed of light. But for all their efficiency, these ultrathin strands of pristine glass must connect to sluggish signal switches, routers, and buffers in order to transmit data. Hoping to do away with these information speed bumps, researchers have developed a new, dual-core optical fiber that can perform the same functions just by applying a minuscule amount of mechanical pressure. | | Toward a new model of the cell: Everything you always wanted to know about genes Dec 16th 2012, 18:25 Turning vast amounts of genomic data into meaningful information about the cell is the great challenge of bioinformatics, with major implications for human biology and medicine. Researchers have proposed a new method that creates a computational model of the cell from large networks of gene and protein interactions, discovering how genes and proteins connect to form higher-level cellular machinery. | | Physicists make strides in understanding quantum entanglement Dec 15th 2012, 00:15 While some theoretical physicists make predictions about astrophysics and the behavior of stars and galaxies, others work in the realm of the very small, which includes quantum physics. Recently, theoretical physicists have made important strides in studying a concept in quantum physics called quantum entanglement, in which electron spins are entangled with each other. | | Big-data research spurs industrial development Dec 14th 2012, 13:58 One of the world's largest specialist groups within the field of big-data analytics is being assembled in Norway. The centre for Information Access Disruptions (iAD), with its head office in Tromsø, is at the core of this activity. | | Micro sensors help underwater robots swim like fish Dec 12th 2012, 14:26 Scientists have invented a 'sense-ational' device, similar to a string of 'feelers' found on the bodies of the Blind Cave Fish, which enables the fish to sense their surrounding and so navigate easily. | |
